Temple Qiongzhu, Kunming, Chine, 2018 © Ji Zhe
When: 9:00 am–6:30 pm, March 22–23, 2019
Venue: Inalco, Salle 4.23, 65 rue des, Grands Moulins, 75013 Paris.
Schedule:
FRIDAY MARCH 22
9:00 am–9:15 am Welcome and reception
9:15 am–9:30 am Introductory and welcoming remarks by ASHIWA Yoshiko, David L. WANK and JI Zhe
9:30 am–12:00 pm PANEL I: Monastic Regulations
9:30 am–10:15 am
Carsten KRAUSE (University of Hamburg)
“Changing functions of renjian fojiao (Humanistic Buddhism) in Mainland China: What is it needed for in past and present?”
10:15 am–11:00 am
CHIU Tzu-Lung (Max Planck Institute for Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity),
“Evolution of Vinaya practices in the sociocultural contexts of the People’s Republic of China”
11:00 am–11:15 am Coffee break
11:15 am–12:00 pm
Daniela CAMPO (Université de Strasbourg)
“New features of Chinese Buddhism as reflected in contemporary monastic regulations”
12:00 pm–1:30pm Lunch
1:30 pm–6:30 pm PANEL II: Circulations of Teaching and Practitioners
1:30 pm–2:15 pm
Ester BIANCHI (Perugia University)
“Chinese Buddhism and the Theravāda model”
2:15 pm–3:00 pm
LAU Ngar-sze (Education University of Hong Kong),
“Pilgrimage, travelling gurus and transnational networks: Lay meditation movement in Contemporary China”
3:00 pm–3:15 pm Coffee break
3:15 pm–4:00 pm
LIANG Yan (Southwest Minzu University)
“Dynamism of the expansion spread of Tibetan Buddhism in China in the late 20th century”
4:00 pm–4:45 pm
Gracia FARRER (Waseda University)
“Religion and Chinese Transnational Migration”
4:45 pm–5:00 pm Coffee break
5:00 pm–6:00 pm Comments by Discussants
Pascal BOURDEAUX (École Pratique des Hautes Études)
David GELLNER (Oxford University)
Fabienne JAGOU (École Française d’Extrême-Orient)
SATURDAY MARCH 23
9:00 am–12:15 pm PANEL III: New Organizations and Practices
9:00 am–9:45 am
Amandine PÉRONNET (INALCO)
“Vinaya and volunteers: a nunnery’s dual way of expressing contemporary Chinese Buddhism”
9:45 am–10:30 am
XU Lufeng (INALCO)
“In the name of ‘Wushu Chan’: reinventing Han Buddhist meditative traditions in contemporary Shaolin Temple”
10:30 am–10:45 am Coffee break
10:45 am–11:30 am
ASHIWA Yoshiko (Hitotsubashi University) and David L. WANK (Sophia University)
“Taixu’s dream of a World Buddhist Institute in contemporary China”
11:30 am–12:15 pm
JI Zhe (INALCO)
“Saving the spirit of aborted fetus, saving the world: in search of the origin of a ritual invention”
12:15–13:30 Lunch
1:30 pm–5:30 pm PANEL IV: Buddhism, Culture, and Economy
1:30 pm–2:15 pm
Yoshiko ASHIWA (Hitotsubashi University) and David L. WANK (Sophia University)
“Buddhism as culture and lifestyle: Perspectives on the China Xiamen International Buddhist Items and Crafts Fair”
2:15 pm–3:00 pm
HUANG Weishan (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
“Urban renewal and Buddhist gentrification: spatial analysis of Buddhist temples in Shanghai”
3:00 pm–3:15 pm Coffee break
3:15 pm–4:00 pm
Guillaume DUTOURNIER (École Française d’Extrême Orient)
“Accumulating networks: Global dynamics and local continuities in the building of a Buddhist-inspired scenic area”
4:00 pm–4:45 pm
Utiraruto OTEHODE (Australian National University)
“Dynamics of the development of Famen Temple Cultural Scenic Area in China: Blurring the Boundaries between Religion and the Secular”
4:45 pm–5:00 pm Coffee break
5:00 pm–6:00 pm Comments by Discussants
Pascal BOURDEAUX (École Pratique des Hautes Études)
David GELLNER (Oxford University)
Fabienne JAGOU (École Française d’Extrême-Orient)
6:00 pm–6:30 pm Final comments and general discussion
Chaired by ASHIWA Yoshiko, David L. WANK and JI Zhe
Download the conference poster and program here.
The conference is organized by CEIB (Centre d’Études Interdisciplinaires sur le Bouddhisme), jointly organized by ASHIWA Yoshiko (Hitotsubashi University, Japan), David L. WANK (Sophia University, Japan) and JI Zhe (INALCO), and supported by the Tianzhu Global Network in Buddhist Studies, Taiwan Sheng Yen Education Foundation, and MEXT (Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology).
